Senators notebook: Anderson back in net, Methot loses another goal

It’s no surprise that Senators coach Paul MacLean will go back to Craig Anderson against Montreal Saturday. Anderson, the Senators player of the month for December, has now won four straight games and his save percentage is now back up to .905. MacLean suggested there could be a change or two on defence, but wouldn’t name names. Patrick Wiercioch and Joe Corvo skated as a pairing at practice Friday, which could be a hint that those two could sit while Eric Gryba goes back into the lineup at the Bell Centre, where he registered the hit heard around the NHL against Lars Eller last spring…Chris Neil, nursing a leg injury, didn’t practice with the team again Friday and there was no update on his status…The Senators were not shorthanded for a second against Winnipeg Thursday, the first time that’s happened since Dec. 14, 2011.

HE METHOT HE SCORED: Defenceman Marc Methot is wondering what the NHL’s official scorers have against him. Methot was originally credited with the Senators’ third goal against Winnipeg, but in the final minutes, Zack Smith was given credit for deflecting Methot’s shot into the net. Only one problem. Smith says he never touched the puck. Back on Dec. 21, Methot had registered the first two-goal game of his career. Until, that is, the second goal was changed and credited to Kyle Turris. “It must be some kind of weird conspiracy going on,” Methot said. “It’s not a big deal. We won the game. That’s all that matters, but being a defensive defenceman, it’s not like you get a lot of goals to begin with.” Methot has three goals this season and 12 goals in 360 career games.